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Paper Tiger Television [PTTV] is an open, non-profit, volunteer video collective. Through the production and distribution of our public access series, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy PTTV works to challenge and expose the corporate control of mainstream media. PTTV believes that increasing public awareness of the negative influence of mass media and involving people in the process of making media is mandatory for our long term goal of information equity.



PTTV programs analyze and critique issues involving media, culture and politics. The shows feature scholars, community activists, critics and journalists addressing the ideological assumptions and the social meanings of the mainstream media as well as exploring the opportunities for alternative communications sources. Many programs examine a particular aspect of the communications industry, from print media to TV to movies, looking at its impact on public perception and opinion. Other videos represent the people and views which are largely absent from the mainstream media. The goal of the work is to provide viewers with a critical understanding of the communications industry. This critical consciousness is a necessary step towards more equitable and democratic control of information resources.



Since 1981, Paper Tiger Television has appeared across the country on public access cable channels; the noncommercial, uncensored channels available for public use. The series is produced by a volunteer collective of media producers, educators and activists.